HAYG BOYADJIAN

Composer

Biography

Art by Hayg Boyadjian

Hayg Boyadjian, Grammy Nominee composer, was born in
1938 in Paris, France. At an early age he immigrated with his family
to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he started his musical studies at
the Liszt Conservatory. In 1958 he immigrated to the USA, and
presently lives in Lexington, Massachusetts. In the USA he continued
his musical studies as a special student first at the New England
Conservatory and later at Brandeis University. Among his teachers
were Beatriz Balzi (student of Alberto Ginastera, with whom Boyadjian
had several consulting meetings), Seymour Shifrin, Alvin Lucier, and
Edward Cohen.

He has composed a large number of works from
chamber to symphonic. Many of his compositions have been performed
throughout the world: USA, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Korea, Russia,
France, Holland, England, Spain, Armenia and others.

A number of his scores are available through
the American Music Center, New York and on the internet through
Sibelius Music.

Some of his chamber and symphonic compositions
are recorded on the following CD labels: Living Music; Society of
Composers Recordings; North/South Consonance Recordings; and Opus One
Recordings.

He is a member of the Composers' Union of Armenia, ASCAP, Society of
Composers, the MacDowell Colony, and others. His name is found in the
Who's Who in American Music, the International
Who's Who in Music.

He is a Grammy Nominee for the recording of
his Piano Sonata No.3, and has received awards from ASCAP, Meet the
Composer, the Lexington Arts Council-MA, the New England
Foundation-Meet the Composer, the Fiftieth Anniversary Commission
Project-American Music Center, and others.

A number of his writings on music and a number
of his poems have been published in various publications.

Artist's Statement

The artist’s function is to project in
his/her art a reflection of contemporary life transmitted via
one’s lifetime personal experiences. Taking into account to
transmit these experiences into a format that is not only
comprehensible but also original. That the artist would be influenced
by the past is logical, but the artist must not imitate the past,
he/she should adapt the past and give it a new direction, a new life.

The artist should have two obligations. First,
the belief in the sincerity of one’s artistic creation,
formulated by work and inspiration. And the second, is in considering
that one’s contribution to the present aesthetic, derived from
the aesthetics of the past, will become the seed from which will be
born the aesthetic of the future.